Computer Network:Traceroute program,traceroute command

Object: Study Traceroute program. Run tracert command with various option on command prompt.

The traceroute command traces the network path of Internet routers that packets take as they are forwarded from your computer to a destination address. The "length" of the network connection is indicated by the number of Internet routers in the traceroute path.

Traceroutes can be useful to diagnose slow network connections. For example, if you can usually reach an Internet site but it is slow today, then a traceroute to that site should show you one or more hops with either long times or marked with "*" indicating the time was really long. If so, the blockage could be anywhere from your Internet service provider to a backbone provider, and there is likely little you can do except wait.

Syntax:

tracert [-d] [-h maximum_hops] [-j host-list] [-w timeout] target_name

Options:

-d	Do not resolve addresses to hostnames.
-h maximum_hops	Maximum number of hops to search for target.
-j host-list	Loose source route along host-list.
-w timeout	Wait timeout milliseconds for each reply.

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